Open Source Ecology

Group developing machines for Resilient Community.

2010-07-30-RobbOpenFarmTechResilience

Key name: Marcin Jakubowski http://opensourceecology.org/wiki/User:Marcin

Jul'2011 update: Open Source Ecology's primary project is the Global Village Construction Set (GVCS), an open-source project to develop a wide variety of industrial machines. With plans for 50 machines that include a 3-D printer, backhoe, bakery oven, and even a bulldozer and cement mixer, the GVCS aims to make industrial machinery as open as freeware software, at a cost that the developers estimate, on average, will be eight times cheaper than comparable machinery on the market. The team has developed prototypes of nine machines, including the power cube, a self-contained power unit, and the Life Trac, a full-sized four-wheel-drive tractor.

Aug'2011: 9-minute video.

Nov'2011: They plan to eventually make money by selling finished tools to people that don't want to construct them DIY (lots of businesses operate this way). (Open Source Hardware)

Jul'2013: serious problems in the human elements involved?